Ah, alright I'll try that out then. Made some pretty big progress today so here is a little update ( with pictures
)!
Bought black bin liners to use as the background wall paper, will be installed tomorrow.
Bought a new and previously unused ammonia, as my last (very small) bottle was running low. Hoping it will be safe to use.. on the front it says 'active ingredient: Ammonia in the form NH3' and is labelled as "Cloudy Ammonia". The back says nothing about it being pure, but nothing that gave me the impression any dyes, scents or substances were added. I've heard some trick about shaking the bottle, can anyone elaborate? Also, as its a new brand of ammonia, roughly how much should I put in to get a 25 gallon tank up to 4ppm?
Bought a sponge to cut up and place around the external filters 'in' pipe, hopefully preventing any potential platy/cory/aspistos fry taking a trip to the 'summer holiday house'.
As I think Mumma may have suggested, I played around with the substrate today and varied the levels a bit, also moved the plants around and discovered some great news: the 'driftwood' is has almost lost all it's buoyancy!
So the terra-cotta pot that was weighing it down has been added to the setup. Opinions?
Moved the heater across and now sits vertically behind the plants on the left.
I really want to get the coconut hut I had in before in somewhere, as I'm sure the corys will love it, and it's really the only type of 'covered' shelter I can offer them. Any critiques or suggestions on arrangements would be much appreciated !
Before
After, why so cloudy ?
Plan for the future as of today (changes frequently
) is to plant the back middle across to the left corner with either corkscrew vallis, or just the straight chain swords I think they are called, essentially something that contrasts the texture/colour of the plants I have in the currently.
Was also considering a 'feature plant' of sorts, maybe to sit just off centre about halfway in the tank (depth), really like the look of those plants with the purple highlighting, any ideas guys? Again, sorry for the lack of proper terms plants haven't really been in my area of fishkeeping yet
Thanks in advance for all the help guys, would be in a corner eating ice cream and listening to Adele if I didn't have your expertise
eaglesaquarium said:
I got my mopani from the local mega-pet stores. Petsmart and Petco. But, if you look in the aquatic section, you'll be disappointed. The keep the really good mopani in the reptile section. Its expensive, but it will last nearly forever. (Good luck finding someone willing to give up theirs, I wouldn't!)
My biggest piece is ~6 inches by ~12 inches and ~3 inches thick.
How much did that beast set you back? Unfortunately no petsmart or petco in Australia, mainly small and dispersed chain pet stores that sell everything at 2000% of it's actual value.